Married 16 September 1885, St George’s Cathedral, Perth to Rebecca Catherine Clifton, (born 13 October 1852 and died 4 May 1901), daughter of Charles Hippuff, Registrar-General, and Maria GlynnChildren: four sons and three daughters

Death

Date3 February 1899

PlacePerth, Western Australia

CemeteryChurch of England Cemetery

Cause of Death

Religion

Church of England

Education

Educated Rugby, 1854–1860Exeter College, Oxford, 1860–1864

Occupation

Public servant

Employment History

Barrister (Inner Temple) 1866
Practised on Oxford circuitCommissioner of Land Titles 1875(6)–1899
Master and Registrar of the Supreme Court and Registrar in Bankruptcy
Acting Police Magistrate, Perth and Resident Magistrate, Guildford from September 1887 for a time and again circa 1897–1898Acting Puisne Judge, February 1898–January 1899

Revised WA statutes, edited consolidated version 1896Keen versifier and actor also yachtsman and cricketer, president Western Australian Cricket Association 1884–1899
President Swan River Mechanics Institute 1887
Steward Western Australian Turf Club 1887–1897

Qualifications

Legal qualification

References

Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 4, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1966-.D Black and G Bolton, eds, Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume one 1870-1930, Parliamentary History Project, Perth, WA, 2001, p. 15.Erickson, Rica. The bicentennial dictionary of Western Australians, pre-1829-1888, Volume III.J Foster, Alumni Oxoniensis, series 2 (1716–1886), I, 741Russell, Enid. A history of the law in Western Australia and its development from 1829 to 1979, University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands, WA, p. 205 and 268–269.West Australian,4 February 1899.